Comments on: … and a real meteor over Georgia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JB of Brisbane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305897 JB of Brisbane Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:58:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305897 It's even worse when they tack on a 12-second ad that plays before the 3-second vid. It’s even worse when they tack on a 12-second ad that plays before the 3-second vid.

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305896 Messier Tidy Upper Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:55:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305896 @^ Charlie : Um .. what? If you by "objects" mean meteors like that fireball they are indeed being affected by both our planets gravity well and even more so its atmosphere - what they survive of it anyhow! ;-) The Earth's gravity well draws them in and trhe upper atmosphere vapourise them creating the "shooting star" effect. @2. Nerull : <i>"It would be nice if an ad didn’t pop up covering the meteor when trying to watch the video. Why do video sites insist on popups that cover what you want to see?" & @ 3. Kirk Aplin : <i>"I’ll second that. Very annoying."</i> It is. Hate pop up ads. :-( If it helps that's where the "Replay" button comes in handy though. ***** “The silt in a house’s eaves probably contains a minute amount of interplanetary material.” - Page 70, <i>‘The Universe and Beyond’</i>, Terence Dickinson, Camden House, 1992. @^ Charlie : Um .. what? If you by “objects” mean meteors like that fireball they are indeed being affected by both our planets gravity well and even more so its atmosphere – what they survive of it anyhow! ;-)

The Earth’s gravity well draws them in and trhe upper atmosphere vapourise them creating the “shooting star” effect.

@2. Nerull : “It would be nice if an ad didn’t pop up covering the meteor when trying to watch the video. Why do video sites insist on popups that cover what you want to see?”

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@ 3. Kirk Aplin : “I’ll second that. Very annoying.”

It is. Hate pop up ads. :-(

If it helps that’s where the “Replay” button comes in handy though.

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“The silt in a house’s eaves probably contains a minute amount of interplanetary material.”
- Page 70, ‘The Universe and Beyond’, Terence Dickinson, Camden House, 1992.

]]> By: Charlie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305895 Charlie Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:26:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305895 Those objects are moving at well above the Earth's "escape velocity" so I assume they pretty much come straight into the atmosphere without being affected too much by our gravity well. Those objects are moving at well above the Earth’s “escape velocity” so I assume they pretty much come straight into the atmosphere without being affected too much by our gravity well.

]]> By: Keith Bowden http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305894 Keith Bowden Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:27:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305894 100 tons a day... SOMEone needs to go ion a diet! 100 tons a day… SOMEone needs to go ion a diet!

]]> By: Blizno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305893 Blizno Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:57:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305893 Mechanical engineer here. I'd like to point out that kinetic energy is mass times velocity squared. That strengthens Phil's point that a faster moving meteor has more energy than a slower one of similar mass. Double the velocity and kinetic energy is quadrupled. Three times the velocity yields nine times the energy, etc. Mechanical engineer here. I’d like to point out that kinetic energy is mass times velocity squared.
That strengthens Phil’s point that a faster moving meteor has more energy than a slower one of similar mass.
Double the velocity and kinetic energy is quadrupled. Three times the velocity yields nine times the energy, etc.

]]> By: JonF http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305892 JonF Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:29:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305892 Bah, clearly a publicity stunt for the Star Party ;-P Bah, clearly a publicity stunt for the Star Party ;-P

]]> By: Daniel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305891 Daniel Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:59:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305891 Neat place that Tellus Museum. A few years ago it was just a tiny 9000 sq ft mineral museum on the outskirts of the suburbs. Now it's 120,000 sq ft science museum that's a great alternative in the metro area to the aging Fernbank. Neat place that Tellus Museum. A few years ago it was just a tiny 9000 sq ft mineral museum on the outskirts of the suburbs. Now it’s 120,000 sq ft science museum that’s a great alternative in the metro area to the aging Fernbank.

]]> By: Kirk Aplin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305890 Kirk Aplin Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:26:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305890 I'll second that. Very annoying. I’ll second that. Very annoying.

]]> By: Nerull http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305889 Nerull Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:20:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305889 It would be nice if an ad didn't pop up covering the meteor when trying to watch the video. Why do video sites insist on popups that cover what you want to see? It would be nice if an ad didn’t pop up covering the meteor when trying to watch the video. Why do video sites insist on popups that cover what you want to see?

]]> By: Craven http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/01/and-a-real-meteor-over-georgia/#comment-305888 Craven Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:06:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=37092#comment-305888 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw Still this one is the best so far :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw Still this one is the best so far :D

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